Instead, gripes the National Pediculosis Association (Headlice.org!), the "No-Nit Policy" that banned kids with louse eggs in their hair from school is being tossed out in favor of chasing head lice with pesticides because kids are missing too much class time.
Problem is, lice have become resistant to many pesticides. Oh, wait, the press release calls it the "Los Angeles County School District." Could it be a different district altogether? (Bonus itchy-making image? Video of the LiceMeister comb as featured on CSI!) ...
Gougers 'R' Us
Gas has now topped an average $3.20 a gallon around town, with certain greedy, grasping, hell-born enterprising gas station owners charging up to $ 3.68 a gallon for the low-octane swill.
Personally, I used to buy the 91-octane stuff to protect my engine and get better performance. Now? Screw my injectors and ignition system, and to hell with punctuality and punchiness. I'm feather-footing it to every meeting, hoping to make my $3.48-a-gallon tankful last just a few inches farther.
My New Heroes
The L.A. County Sheriff's bomb squad, folks. Everybody's giggling because they blew up an L.A. Times newsrack that was rigged with gnarly-lookin' wires and a digital chip that played the "Mission Impossible" theme when you opened it.
You'll see no comment or cheap jokes here on the symbolism for either the movie or the newspaper. Just straight, gutfelt admiration for guys who put up with bullshit like this every week because they're the only ones who'll have the training, the gear and the huge brass balls to disarm the real thing should it ever materialize on our streets. Join me in toast: here's virtual beers for the bomb squad, folks.
Dietrich! Andiamo!
Failed gadgeteer and successful living urban legend Stefan Eriksson's personal corner of hell deepened again as he was bound over for trial on seven felony counts of grand theft auto and possession of a firearm and two misdemeanor DUI raps.
All for the price of a little 162-mph crash in a little million-dollar Ferrari Enzo. If he ever beats the charges, he's going to kick Dietrich's ass.
Posted by: Mack_Reed on Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 12:05 AM
